Cade Tyson is a right-handed shooting guard with real shooting gravity. Tyson averaged 19.6 points, 5.4 rebounds, and 2.1 assists this season at Minnesota while shooting 41.3% from three-point range and 82.2% from the free throw line. At 6'6" with a 6'6.25" wingspan and 192 pounds, Tyson has decent height for a shooting guard, but he does not have much extra length for the position. The appeal is the shot. Tyson is a man that cannot be left open. He will knock it down. He finds his spots, makes good cuts, and understands how to function away from the ball. Tyson played two seasons at Belmont, then spent 2024-25 at North Carolina before finishing at Minnesota. He posted a 1.33-to-1 assist-to-turnover ratio. There is not much in the way of self-creation, so the role projection depends heavily on whether the shooting is enough to bend defenses and keep him on the floor. Despite average to below-average jumping ability, Tyson finishes at the rim well. He is a smart player, but his DDiff was minus 3.0, which makes the defensive projection more complicated. Tyson will not be drafted. We think he is right on the fringe as far as a guy who might make it. The shooting is real, and that gives him a chance. The question is whether he can defend well enough, create just enough, and make enough connective plays to turn elite shooting into a NBA role.
